New MP Game - Random, Anonymous, No Diplomacy

PashaDawg · #1 August 10th, 2005, 07:54 AM

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Goblin said:
If Dragonfire11 steps into the game maybe I shouldn't ask him to submit for me...

Goblin

You're right! Since we are sooooo early in the game, I could probably follow your simple directions. We would not be playing very many turns while you were away.

We will probably need to play a turn before we have a sub for Bill Paxton. So, I will probably play that too just to keep things moving without stales or AI.

Pasha

PashaDawg · #2 August 10th, 2005, 09:22 AM

Hi All:

I just sent all players an email about this, but I will repeat it here because it makes me feel important.

Here is my proposed policy on stales:

In situations where a player will stale, I will open his/her turn to prevent a reported stale, because otherwise, it would give players clues on who is playing what. However, I will not play the turn. The overall effect will be a stale.

With Turn 5, it seems that there is some confusion with King Lear's substitute, who has not responded to any emails. So, I will play King's turn (but only because the game is young and there is little or no chance that I will run into other players). I can also play Bill Paxton's turn if necessary until we find a sub.

Obviously, I will not be able to act as a substitute later in the game because it would be unfair to other players (due to my omniscient-host-ontological-essence... you can refer to that as OHOE, if you please).

Pasha

Cainehill · #3 August 10th, 2005, 10:30 AM

Mmm - players don't see the stale, only the player who staled and the host can see that.

PashaDawg · #4 August 10th, 2005, 01:53 PM

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Cainehill said:

Mmm - players don't see the stale, only the player who staled and the host can see that.

Really? Ugh! Well, slap my fanny and learn me some new poodle tricks! So, I can just let 'em stale? You guys won't see? I would swear I have seen other players' stale turns, but maybe it was always ME doing the stale-ing.

Pasha

Cainehill · #5 August 10th, 2005, 04:07 PM

As they say in the security business - trust, but verify.

Start a trial game with 4 human players, you playing them all. Do a couple turns for 'em all. Then only do one nation, and force the hosting. The next turn, each nation that staled should be told that they staled, but not that anyone else did.